Hakutulokset: Sarja Comparative Politics
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Centrist Anti-Establishment Parties and Their Struggle for Survival
How do parties survive when newness is their only selling point? This scholarly volume explores the most successful group of new political parties in Central and Eastern Europe: …
Politics at the Centre
Politics at the Centre is a comparative study of the rules, norms and behaviour surrounding political party leadership. The primary analysis includes 25 parties in Australia, …
The Politics of Party Leadership
Making use of a unique data set that includes more than 1000 leadership elections from over 100 parties in 14 countries over an almost 50 year period, this volume provides the …
The Government Party
Democracy thrives on vigorous competition between political parties. However, in several established democracies one party manages to dominate national politics for decades at a …
Political Leaders and Democratic Elections
Outcomes of legislative elections are typically reported in terms of party support: how many votes and seats were obtained by each party? But in fact voters are faced with three …
Party System Closure
Party System Closure maps trends in interparty relations in Europe from 1848 until 2019. It investigates how the length of democratic experience, the institutionalization of …
Faces on the Ballot
One of the key shifts in contemporary politics is the trend towards greater personalization. Collective actors such as political parties are losing relevance. Citizens are slowly …
Representing the People
Modern democracy is organized as a representative democracy in which those representing the people are elected to office. Political parties play a crucial role in this. They select …
Parties and Democracy
Parties and Democracy studies the actual behaviour of some four hundred governments in twenty post-war democracies. The conclusion that parties do function in accordance with …
Localism and Centralism in Europe
Why do some countries appear to be far more centralized than others? In some countries local government has responsibility for a wide range of public services, while in others …
Minority Governments in Comparative Perspective
Approximately one-third of parliamentary democracies are or are typically ruled by a minority government - a situation where the party or parties represented at cabinet do not …
New Parties in Old Party Systems
New Parties in Old Party Systems addresses a pertinent yet neglected issue in comparative party research: why are some new parties that enter national parliament able to defend a …